Ms GILLARD (Lalor—Prime Minister) (14:48): To the Deputy Leader of the Opposition I say that question is misleading people in this parliament. She is raising allegations against others that she must know are not sustained by the facts. I do not believe it is an appropriate standard for the Deputy Leader of the Opposition to come into this place and use a question to make allegations which she must know are contrary to the facts. Ms Julie Bishop interjecting— Ms GILLARD: In relation to Ben Hubbard, which she has raised—and if she stops yelling and starts listening then she might hear the facts—these are the facts. They are on the record from 13 May 2010 and fully available to the Deputy Leader of the Opposition if she wants facts rather than muckraking. The facts on the public record are: the industrial registrar telephoned my chief of staff, Ben Hubbard—not the other way around, as the Deputy Leader of the Opposition alleges. Mr Abbott interjecting— Ms GILLARD: The Leader of the Opposition is yelling, 'And then he rang back!' Heavens above, how pathetic! The SPEAKER: Order! The Prime Minister will resume her seat. Ms Julie Bishop: Mr Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The Prime Minister alleges that I said that Ben Hubbard called the industrial registrar. I did not. I referred to the contact between the chief of staff— The SPEAKER: There is no point of order. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition will resume her seat immediately. Ms Julie Bishop interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! If the member for Curtin was not the Deputy Leader of the Opposition she would have joined the member for Longman. I extend a little bit more benevolence to the senior members on both sides of the House. The Prime Minister was responding on how a certain contact occurred, and the Prime Minister has the call. Ms GILLARD: Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. The deputy leader's question was full of allegations and imputations. They are unworthy of her and unworthy of this place. The facts are on the record from 13 May last year showing the industrial registrar initiating contact and the nature of the contact. I invite people to look at the facts, not to listen to the Deputy Leader of the Opposition's question, which has been brought to this place to mislead people. I then invite them to look at the facts which are on the public record from 19 October 2011 regarding contact between a media advisor in Senator Evans's office and Fair Work Australia. The facts are there for all to see. It is apparent that the kind of terminology used by the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is uncalled for and unwarranted. This muckraking by the opposition brings it little credit and does it no good. Ultimately working families in this country want to know whether you stand for something: whether you stand for them, whether you stand for their interests, whether you stand for a strong economy, whether you worry about their jobs, and whether you worry about the government's finances. The opposition is incapable of doing that. They just want to shovel money at some of their rich mates and all of this is a cover-up of those intentions. The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister will become directly relevant. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Chief Government Whip will resume his seat. I will listen to the supplementary question. The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has the call.